Philosophy
Explore our collection of philosophy books at our online bookstore, featuring the best books on philosophy, philosophical novels, and famous works on stoicism and political philosophy. Discover must-read and best-selling titles that offer deep insights into the world of philosophy.
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The Golden BoughSir James George Frazer developed an affinity for classic literature at a young age, which developed into a very real talent through his schooling at Glasgow University and then Trinity College at Cambridge, where he remained as a Classics Fellow for all but one...
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The Dzogchen PathWhy do we need to train our mind? Before we realise samsaric life to be suffering, when a lama teaches the Dharma, we misunderstand it as a catalogue of misery and inevitability. We get the impression that everything we are interested in, all our...
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The Discovery of the Mind: The Greek Origins of European ThoughtEuropean thought begins with the Greeks. Scientific and philosophic thinking--the pursuit of truth and the grasping of unchanging principles of life--is a historical development, an achievement; and, as Bruno Snell writes in The Discovery of the Mind, nothing less than a revolution. The Greeks...
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The Dialectics of LiberationAuthor: David CooperPublisher: VersoPublished: 06/09/2015Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80dISBN: 9781781688915About the AuthorDavid Cooper (1931-1986) was a South African-born theorist and existential psychiatrist.
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The "Crime" of Francis Bacon: An Informal BiographyFrancis Bacon was considered the father of the scientific method, with his grand visions of inventing all manner of things to improve the human condition. Government investment in research, he believed, could enable and inspire these inventions.Now comes an informal biography of Bacon in...
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The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience"An argument for the inclusion of the human perspective within science and how it makes science possible"--Author: Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, Evan ThompsonPublisher: MIT PressPublished: 03/05/2024Pages: 328Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780262048804About the AuthorAdam Frank is the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the...
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The Basis Of Morality"The Basis of Morality" is a philosophical work written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. It was first published in 1840 as an appendix to his main work, "The World as Will and Representation" ("Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung"). In this work, Schopenhauer...
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The Atrocity Paradigm: A Theory of EvilWhat distinguishes evils from ordinary wrongs? Is hatred a necessarily evil? Are some evils unforgivable? Are there evils we should tolerate? What can make evils hard to recognize? Are evils inevitable? How can we best respond to and live with evils? Claudia Card offers...
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Spinoza on Philosophy, Religion, and Politics: The Theologico-Political TreatiseSpinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise is simultaneously a work of philosophy and a piece of practical politics. It defends religious pluralism, a republican form of political organisation, and the freedom to philosophise, with a determination that is extremely rare in seventeenth-century thought. But it is also...
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Songs and LettersSongs and Letters is a compilation of poems, essays, and epistles. These were created throughout the author's adolescence and adulthood and cover a variety of sociological subjects, including death, love, and morality. In it, we observe the author's growth in knowing God and her...
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Prometheus's Remorse: From the Gift of Fire to Global ArsonThe stirring speech given by Peter Sloterdijk in Lucerne in October 2022. From time immemorial, humanity has had to organize their "metabolism with nature." For Marx, the most important factor in this process was labor. When Prometheus, according to the myth, brought fire to...
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Political PhilosophyWho ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless of time...
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Physics: A Science in Quest of an OntologyTo the extent that modern physics possesses an ontology at all, it has tended to be the Cartesian doctrine of "bifurcation." Not only, however, does this thesis prove to be untenable, but since the advent of quantum theory it has rendered physics de facto...
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Philosophy of LanguageThis unique textbook introduces linguists to key issues in the philosophy of language. Accessible to students who have taken only a single course in linguistics, yet sophisticated enough to be used at the graduate level, the book provides an overview of the central issues...
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Philosophy and Science FictionAuthor: Michael PhillipsPublisher: Prometheus BooksPublished: 04/01/1984Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.38h x 5.36w x 0.84dISBN: 9780879752484About the AuthorMichael Philips is emeritus professor of philosophy at Portland State University.
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O Tema de Nosso TempoEm O Tema de Nosso Tempo, Ortega desenvolve o eixo da fundamentação teórica de sua razão vital. Aqui, sua filosofia assume como principal objetivo a conversão da razão pura em uma razão vital. Além disso, o filósofo nos apresenta vários insights valiosos, incluindo uma...
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On the Origin of Artificial SpeciesCharles Darwin's natural theory of evolution is one of the greatest ideas in history. His theory enabled mankind to partially perceive the patterns in nature. However, the greater pattern has remained undiscovered until now. With the decoding of ancient Greek mythology and philosophy, the...
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No Citizen Left BehindWhile teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Meira Levinson realized that students' individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their profound marginalization within American society. This is because of a civic empowerment gap that is as shameful and antidemocratic as...
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Nature and ValueToday, as we confront an unprecedented environmental crisis of our own making, it is more urgent than ever to consider the notion of nature and our place within it. This book brings together essays that individually and as a whole present a detailed and...
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Moral Cosmology: On Being in the World Fully and WellA moral cosmology was the ordinary background knowledge of prescientific peoples, who took the divinity and the moral rules of the heavenly bodies for granted. That unified world view was disrupted by the European Enlightenment, which divided moral cosmology into physics and ethics: physics...
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